New report shows farmers double-dipping taxpayer subsidies

A newly released report from the Environmental Working Group — a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization — found farmers are double-dipping federal farm subsidies, costing taxpayers billions. Some North Carolina farmers took advantage of the practice. (Read the report here.) The double-dipping has cost taxpayers almost $23.9 billion, based on research conducted by EWG’s Anne Weir Schechinger,...